Anjali Durgesh @anjdurgesh Twitter profile

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Anjali Durgesh

@anjdurgesh

2 years

I am an ambitious person in a lazy person’s body. Help!

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Anjali Durgesh

@anjdurgesh

2 years

UC desis in the US are quick to point to white privilege but not caste privilege.

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Anjali Durgesh

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3 years

I’m doing PhD so that I can say “I’m afraid I not an expert” with conviction.

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Anjali Durgesh

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3 years

I’m just gonna post this photo of Tabu’s here so that I can pin it on my feed and keep revisiting it. Ethereal. Photo copyright: Taha Ahmad/BBC/Lookoutpoint/Netflix

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Anjali Durgesh

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3 years

I tried reading Spivak's 'Can the Subaltern Speak?' back in BA but failed. I picked it up again during my masters thinking that I've acquired some ability to crack complex academic texts but in vain. Now as a PhD student, I can finally say that I still can't read Spivak & its ok.

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Anjali Durgesh

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6 months

It hit me today that I am nearly 28 and I don’t ‘earn’ yet. Sure there’s a PhD stipend but it’s not an actual earning - just something for humble sustenance. The perils of pursuing academia are clearer on some days. But mostly we’re deluded by free pizza and drinks in the uni. ☠️

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Anjali Durgesh

@anjdurgesh

2 years

Overachiever with low self-esteem is an academic personality type.

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Anjali Durgesh

@anjdurgesh

9 months

Show me your workstation. I’ll start!

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Anjali Durgesh

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2 years

Nobody told you this but the key to avoid take-outs is to start cooking exactly when you are NOT hungry.

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Anjali Durgesh

@anjdurgesh

3 years

What they’re doing in Shark Tank India, academicians have been doing since time immemorial. Just, our pitches are thrashed more, grants awarded are worth peanuts, and imposter syndrome holds 100% equity. 🥲

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Anjali Durgesh

@anjdurgesh

11 months

My father’s response to my conference update is peak Desi parent behavior: “At least fold the bedding” 🙂🙃

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Anjali Durgesh

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2 years

I ate beef to make a point. And the point is it's delicious.

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Anjali Durgesh

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4 months

Rotting in bed procrastinating, avoiding email that seek update, and making chai 4x times to gather some will to write two sentences. Repeat. My dear friends, this is escapism. And that is my methodology for this paper. 🙏🏼

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Anjali Durgesh

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1 year

The academic urge to... leave academia.

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Anjali Durgesh

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10 months

The chai tapri that I will open outside my uni will also serve jalebi. 🙏🏼

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Anjali Durgesh

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2 years

Footnotes >>>>> Endnotes.

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Anjali Durgesh

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1 year

My hot take: the only reason why cat/dog supremacy exists is because baby elephants can’t be kept in apartments. 🐘

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Anjali Durgesh

@anjdurgesh

2 years

Academia is working through the weekend to make the week more sufferable.

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Anjali Durgesh

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5 months

Maa sent pictures of the first batch of kair (कैर/केर) purchase, a drought- resilient berry from the dry lands of Rajasthan. Marwari homes are gearing for kair achaar season and I can’t wait to be back SOON! ❤️

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Anjali Durgesh

@anjdurgesh

2 years

ANY tips for 'networking' at an academic conference? Asking for someone who's going to a conference for the first time and is an introvert with imposter syndrome :) Stop looking at me, it's not me. *gulps*

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Anjali Durgesh

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6 months

Nobody in my family understands what I do/research. All they do is laugh and say (in Marwari) – “She just fools around in temples and scribbles something in her diary. What kind of PhD is this?” I think they are more articulate than my research thesis.🙏🏼

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Anjali Durgesh

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3 months

Literally a slap to everyone who said, “if not Modi then who?” 🔫👋

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Anjali Durgesh

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2 years

Heard someone call the ASA Conference in UW-Madison, Wisconsin as the kumbh of SA Studies’ academia and I can’t disagree.

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Anjali Durgesh

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2 years

In other news, finished (read: started) my Sanskrit journey with @AIISIndia ✨

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Anjali Durgesh

@anjdurgesh

2 years

After Seattle, now it’s turn for Toronto! Truly a start of something big 💙

Ambedkar International Center (AIC)

@ambedkar_center

2 years

16-5! A victory for caste equity, social justice and human rights in Canada 🇨🇦 The Toronto District School Board (TDSB) has passed the motion to include caste as a protected category. We thank @YaliniR_Ward21 and @SADAN_Canada for their successful advocacy. #BanCasteInCanada

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Anjali Durgesh

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1 year

My father asked me to turn off the fan because it has been on since morning and now it must be tired. But why can’t he show the same concern for my mom who manages the home with a full-time job. Man, it’s exceedingly frustrating to see the labor of women kept invisible!

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Anjali Durgesh

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5 months

@NidaKirmani Love love the other woman who said, “beta wo aapka masla hain.” 🤣

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Anjali Durgesh

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1 year

I can either meet the deadline or make coherent arguments in my paper. I can’t do both.

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Anjali Durgesh

@anjdurgesh

6 months

No occasion, just received my first fellowship rejection. It’s the season guys; hold on to your friends and food tight. 🫂

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Anjali Durgesh

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2 years

Paper is due tonight. I clean the ENTIRE apartment, did dishes, and rearranged the refrigerator items. 🥲

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Anjali Durgesh

@anjdurgesh

5 months

Some news: I have been selected for the AIIS Digital India Learning (DIL) Summer Fellowship to be carried out in the summer of 2024 from their beautiful Gurgaon office. AIIS did a feature on the four fellows this year, sharing it here -

Summer Student Fellowships for Digital Sonic and Visual Projects - American Institute of Indian...

AIIS is pleased to announce the successful completion of four student Digital India Learning (DIL) fellowships for digital sonic and visual projects for the summer of 2024. The fellows carried out...

www.indiastudies.org

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Anjali Durgesh

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3 years

We're raising voice against the removal of Mahasweta Devi, Bama, and Sukirtharani from Delhi University's syllabus: This has been initiated by a group of Delhi University professors. Urging you to sign this and share!

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Anjali Durgesh

@anjdurgesh

8 months

Academia.

Samuel Jenkinson

@samueljenkinson

8 months

What is something you know is bullshit but you are into it anyway?

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Anjali Durgesh

@anjdurgesh

6 months

Happy to report that academia indeed feels rewarding only after the storm has passed. 😅 But jokes aside, grateful for this opportunity, erudite company of my panelists, and unconditional support of my lovely supervisor. 🌻 #AAS24 fin.

Anjali Durgesh

@anjdurgesh

6 months

This Kishangarh gurl will be talking about 18th century Kishangarh palace ladies! Presenting a tiny bit of what I have been thinking for a few years now at AAS 24. Stocked to see my presentation amidst such fantastic lineup of projects. Come - it’s gonna be all abt women!

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Anjali Durgesh

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3 months

I felt hopeless and defeated after exit polls but abhi:

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Anjali Durgesh

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2 years

It’s about to snow in Seattle and I am ready ❤️

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Anjali Durgesh

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4 months

It’s truly humbling to have parents who absolutely do not understand what you do in academics or what your milestones mean 😭😂🙏🏼 (Translation: What is this? 😄) #firstgen

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Anjali Durgesh

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1 month

Are you even in academia if you don’t have these episodes once every month?

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Anjali Durgesh

@anjdurgesh

2 years

At the most basic level, all my SoPs are like – hey! I don’t have any skills but I am very very curious and interested.

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Anjali Durgesh

@anjdurgesh

2 years

This Halloween I am dressing as academic travel grants for grad students. 🙃

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Anjali Durgesh

@anjdurgesh

1 year

Even today, I have to look carefully.

Seola Quintanilla Pérez

@meItingbytwice

4 years

do y’all have “forbidden” pairs you think look alike but also know NO one else is gonna agree?

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Anjali Durgesh

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5 months

I'm thrilled to announce I got another fellowship rejection.

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5 months

I’m thrilled to announce I still haven’t finished my paper.

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Anjali Durgesh

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1 year

Learning a new language teaches you a lot more than just the language. It prepares you to be curious, perseverant, patient but most importantly, it teaches you to be kind to yourself and to your slow progress. Another rewarding summer in Pune learning Sanskrit at @AIISIndia ✨

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Anjali Durgesh

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10 months

Hello hello, I have a tiny exciting update to share. I have been working with Prof. Heidi Pauwels on an in-person exhibition for the past couple of months and it is finally up in Allen Library, University of Washington for a month, starting today till the end of November. ✨

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Anjali Durgesh

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2 years

When papers are due, Maggi noodles to the rescue. 🥲

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Anjali Durgesh

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1 year

Wrapping my head around Kabir wasn’t easy and the journey is far from over. I still don’t have answers about who he REALLY was and I think that’s a good place to start with. ~ at the South Asia Conference of the Pacific Northwest (SACPAN), hosted this year at @UWSouthAsia

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Anjali Durgesh

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2 years

Really happy about this leftover Idlis’ quick lunch.

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Anjali Durgesh

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6 months

This Kishangarh gurl will be talking about 18th century Kishangarh palace ladies! Presenting a tiny bit of what I have been thinking for a few years now at AAS 24. Stocked to see my presentation amidst such fantastic lineup of projects. Come - it’s gonna be all abt women!

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Anjali Durgesh

@anjdurgesh

5 months

Think, before you vote. 🙏🏼

Avdhesh Pareek

@Zinda_Avdhesh

5 months

भारत देश के प्रधानमंत्री बोल रहे हैं...! #Rajasthan #LokSabhaElections2024

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Anjali Durgesh

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2 years

In other news: I’ll be joining AIIS Summer Language Program (Sanskrit) starting this June with a full-tuition scholarship (phew!). In addition, I’ve also received funds from the Entwistle Endowment for South Asian Studies from my home dept. to support my stay in Pune. (phew-2!)

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Anjali Durgesh

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1 year

Safe to say that my trip to Bikanervala in NJ made coming to the east coast worth every penny. 🥺 @BikanervalaIN thank you SO SO much.

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Anjali Durgesh

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3 months

I am living for BJP trailing in Ayodhya 😭

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Anjali Durgesh

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1 year

Counted days (literally, on the countdown app) and here I am. No place like home.♥️

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Anjali Durgesh

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2 years

Mood since September. #InternationalStudentsUnite

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Anjali Durgesh

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2 years

Samosa 🤩

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Anjali Durgesh

@anjdurgesh

1 year

It was a long distance courtship. While on a video call and I saw a lizard getting into my closet. He stayed on call for three hours – strategizing and supporting me while I fought/shooed away the lizard. He did not ridicule my fear. And I knew he’s the one. Been three years. ♥️

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Anjali Durgesh

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1 year

Curiosity lead to my research topic but now I’m curious about everything but that. 🥴

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Anjali Durgesh

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11 months

The immediate thing I did on entering house after spending five days without a cup of adrak chai in Madison. Chai ka sukh keval chai hi de sakti hain. 🙏🏼

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Anjali Durgesh

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1 year

@AnnaKrauthamer Following this story

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Anjali Durgesh

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1 year

Working from bed kinda Tuesday. 📖

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Anjali Durgesh

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3 months

Aaj subah ki chai will hit different. 🙏🏼♥️

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Anjali Durgesh

@anjdurgesh

2 years

First in the nation but not the last✊🏼

Seattle City Council

@SeattleCouncil

2 years

BREAKING: The Seattle City Council has passed first-in-the-nation legislation to protect people from discrimination based on their caste. The ordinance was sponsored by @cmkshama .

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Anjali Durgesh

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4 months

Thanks for always cheering for the students! @UWSouthAsia 💕

UW South Asia Center

@UWSouthAsia

4 months

Congratulations to Anjali Yadav, a Ph.D. student with @UW_AsianLL , for becoming a Digital India Learning Fellow with @AIISIndia During her fellowship, Yadav will curate a digital exhibition based on the works of Sunil Kothari @UWGradSchool @uwnews @UWArtSci

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Anjali Durgesh

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2 years

A lil @ACSAMadison update: Absolutely thrilled to have been able to put this roundtable together with the best speakers I could’ve ever imagined of — Prof. Shailaja Paik, Prof. Ramnarayan Rawat, Anup Hiwrale & @begumakhwrote 🍀

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Anjali Durgesh

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3 months

BJP trailing in Ayodhya is WILD 😭🤣🤣

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Anjali Durgesh

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1 year

The amount and extent to which my family cares about the samaj and its unrealistic expectations have dried my brain cells like an aam papad.

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Anjali Durgesh

@anjdurgesh

3 years

That one paper for which I’m not found crying in the library. #UmraoJaanAda

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Anjali Durgesh

@anjdurgesh

6 months

What an absolute pleasure to have listened to @YashicaDutt talk about her book, ‘Coming Out As Dalit’; with important conversations weaved around personal anecdotes, radical politics, and humor. 💙 In conversation with @r_gov11 , hosted by @UWSouthAsia .

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Anjali Durgesh

@anjdurgesh

10 months

I explained my research broadly to my father and he said this isn’t a real padhai (study). 😓 So (sigh) how are your personal support systems in grad school doing?

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Anjali Durgesh

@anjdurgesh

2 years

So, millennials are born bw 1981-1996 and GenZs are born bw 1997-2012. I am 1996-born, so I figured out why millennials are not permitting me to hang out in their category. While GenZs are calling me a granny. 🥲 This is the new internet-'age' crisis!

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Anjali Durgesh

@anjdurgesh

10 months

I have spicy (desi spice level) spaghetti in lunch box. Yesterday when I ate them, my eyes were floating in my own tears. Am I ready to look the same way today in university cafeteria amongst 150 people? HELL YAAS!

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Anjali Durgesh

@anjdurgesh

2 years

Recently started listening to podcasts. Care to share your favorites? I’m interested in literature, arts, culture, language, stories, and Bollywood gossip. Thenx.

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Anjali Durgesh

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11 months

I don’t have the heart to talk about my upcoming academic presentation at ACSA because the world around has never been more twisted. Everything feels insignificant. But I came here to say that if you are in Madison this week and just wanna hang out, hit me up!

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Anjali Durgesh

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2 years

After a long day, when I accidentally close tabs that have significant chunk of my preliminary research and Chrome asks if I want to restore them – me:

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Anjali Durgesh

@anjdurgesh

6 months

There hasn’t been a single holiday since I started PhD that I have enjoyed to the fullest, without thinking about my work. And it doesn’t help either when ur home is also ur field; so the constant awareness of “oh this could potentially go into my dissertation” is exhausting.

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Anjali Durgesh

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6 months

It is not dietary but purity preference. #Zomato

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Anjali Durgesh

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1 year

Imagine the shame of being woken from your afternoon nap in the library (!!) by the fast and uninterrupted typing of a student sitting across from you. 🥲

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Anjali Durgesh

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5 months

Makkan itna ki bread bhi boli, behen bas kar ja. #midweekservicetoself 🙏🏼

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Anjali Durgesh

@anjdurgesh

2 years

Reading scholarship on Holi on the day of Holi (this isn’t for a class ok). Hoping to earn some ‘academic punya’ that can help me this quarter 🙏🏼

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Anjali Durgesh

@anjdurgesh

2 years

In a world where you can be anything, be a person who keeps speeches short when the audience is standing.

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Couldn’t think of a better way to spend the weekend 💓 Such a well-crafted docuseries!

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Anjali Durgesh

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5 months

I want a life where I don’t have to move every 14 months. 🙏🏼

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Anjali Durgesh

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1 year

One of those rare winter days in Seattle when it’s nice and sunny outside but you also have two papers and a portfolio due the same day.

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Anjali Durgesh

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3 years

People of Seattle, trying my luck here in a search. I am looking for Kathak classes in Seattle. Not bollywood or semi-classical even. Any leads will be appreciated. If you’re from Seattle, mind retweeting? Plis.

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Anjali Durgesh

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3 years

What's more heartbreaking than to see (or not being able to see) your parents grow old?

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1 year

Eid 2023 was all about food and mehendi ❤️✨

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2 years

I am supposed to finish this paper but it is finishing me… 🫠

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1 year

Perumal Murugan and why he is already a winner of the International Booker 2023. A thread 🧵 (1/12)

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3 years

I explain my research topic better when I am two shots down.

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2 months

What a show! When art gives you joy but also compels you to (re)think about self, society, and sarkar. My first time watching @varungrover live and it was worthwhile.

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Anjali Durgesh

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1 year

Academia is rewarding on very few rare occasions. And I’m not gonna lie, I’m treading solely for the nashā (intoxication) of those few occasions.

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Anjali Durgesh

@anjdurgesh

3 years

@_drongo Definitely this one! My back and neck thanked me each time I worked from bed with this. It's called 'Pregnancy Pillow' but is definitely worth for people who're pregnant with the agony of living away from their partners.🥲

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Anjali Durgesh

@anjdurgesh

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Anyone (preferably female-identifying) looking to book a room together in Madison, WI for the Annual South Asia Conference? My dates are Oct 20, 21, and 22. Please RT for reach. 🫶

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Anjali Durgesh

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2 years

I might not have a cat to pet but I do have a plant in my room that gives me new little leaves every other month and hey it gets all my pucchis and love. 🌿

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Anjali Durgesh

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3 years

Books are just another name for revolution.

Bansa Community Library

@BansaLibrary

3 years

Who says Libraries are just for reading books? Our library is centre of learning and growing together. An IAS aspirant after attending his online class can be seen teaching young students in this picture taken in common room of Bansa Library. #FreeLibrary #RuralLibraryMovement

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UC will marry only within UC and call themselves “open-minded” & “modern” for supporting inter-caste marriages. 🥴

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@mkhanpasha Wait till somebody says that this bed is not yours

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In Marwari (not depriving you of the feel of the language) – “पगलां की ज्याण घूमें मन्दिरां में अर काई ठीक कई लिखें हैं आपणी diary मां। याँ किशाण की PhD होवें हैं?”

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I have this immense admiration and respect for final year PhD candidates who are humble when they talk about their research and don’t go around shoving their expertise in other grad students’ faces. You guys are gem.

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Anjali Durgesh

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The extent to which desi family members can body shame you is baffling! I somehow got my acne handled so now they’re focusing on whether I’ve put on a few kilos. Like whatttt (?!!). Bhai meri padhai kaisi chal rahi hai uske baare mei bhi pooch lo 🤢

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